2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[august24]

mummy so kiasu:

its888me:

My child's school is having supplementary everyday starting from this term. It used to be a rest day on Wed. I guess heat is up for PSLE.

Wow.. No joke. Still no news from my boy's school. It is normal that parents have to sign & return the consent form on the first week of the term & lessons start on the second week. This week does not have supplementary class. This Fri is Parents & Teachers Meeting (PTM) Day. Next Mon is Youth Day & next Wed is E Learning Day.

DS sch started supplementary/remedial on 1st week too. No consent form seen yet. This week, I don't know when to expect him home. Yesterday he did not return by 'normal' time as he was told to stay back. Hope today will not be the same else his tution will be affected. Sch homework is still minimal so far. Gosh, don't know next Mon is Youth Day, yet to receive notification from sch!

[mommylow]

Hi Parents


Anyone simply wishes that PSLE comes right now so our DD & DS and we parents too, can get it over with and end our anxieties and stress fast? I must say the hardwork put into PSLE preparation can be rather grueling…mentally, physically and emotionally draining. Can’t wait to just end the misery fast…no need to wait till Oct.

But then again, the question is have our kids done enough and are READY for PSLE?

Any suggestions for a less stressful way to deal with the PSLE?

[Zekezachzoom]

I guess I won’t be seeing much my son in the next 3 months. The school has arranged additional enrichment lessons for math & science coached by external vendor to prepare for the last dash. He will be coming home only around 4pm practically everyday. On top of that. Some of his classmates have taken the initiative to ask their form teacher to stay back with them after their extra lessons so that the boys can do more revisions until 530pm. Thankfully, the form teacher is very responsible and willing to stay back to help the class.


The school has really gone into high gear for the P6ers, organized motivational talk to perk the kids up and arranging all the supplementary and enrichment classes. Not a bad thing for the boys who are not able to manage their time themselves.

[mlim321]

mummy so kiasu:

During our time, parents were not so Kiasu & so involved in their kids' studies. Of course, the standard is not so high too.

Nowadays the kids can solve funny funny questions which seem that the standard is very high. However, I feel that they may not have very strong foundation compared to our time.

[8228]

Zekezachzoom:

I guess I won't be seeing much my son in the next 3 months. The school has arranged additional enrichment lessons for math & science coached by external vendor to prepare for the last dash. He will be coming home only around 4pm practically everyday. On top of that. Some of his classmates have taken the initiative to ask their form teacher to stay back with them after their extra lessons so that the boys can do more revisions until 530pm. Thankfully, the form teacher is very responsible and willing to stay back to help the class.


The school has really gone into high gear for the P6ers, organized motivational talk to perk the kids up and arranging all the supplementary and enrichment classes. Not a bad thing for the boys who are not able to manage their time themselves.

Why must the school engage external vendor? Can't the school teachers do it? :?

[Zekezachzoom]

8228:

Zekezachzoom:

I guess I won't be seeing much my son in the next 3 months. The school has arranged additional enrichment lessons for math & science coached by external vendor to prepare for the last dash. He will be coming home only around 4pm practically everyday. On top of that. Some of his classmates have taken the initiative to ask their form teacher to stay back with them after their extra lessons so that the boys can do more revisions until 530pm. Thankfully, the form teacher is very responsible and willing to stay back to help the class.


The school has really gone into high gear for the P6ers, organized motivational talk to perk the kids up and arranging all the supplementary and enrichment classes. Not a bad thing for the boys who are not able to manage their time themselves.

Why must the school engage external vendor? Can't the school teachers do
it? :?

I guess is lack of resources. The subject teachers have proper timetable during lessons time for different classes but when it comes to extra lessons, one teacher can't possibly take all the classes at one go after school. My DS math teacher teaches 3 P6 classes.

[8228]

Zekezachzoom:

8228:

[quote=\"Zekezachzoom\"]I guess I won't be seeing much my son in the next 3 months. The school has arranged additional enrichment lessons for math & science coached by external vendor to prepare for the last dash. He will be coming home only around 4pm practically everyday. On top of that. Some of his classmates have taken the initiative to ask their form teacher to stay back with them after their extra lessons so that the boys can do more revisions until 530pm. Thankfully, the form teacher is very responsible and willing to stay back to help the class.


The school has really gone into high gear for the P6ers, organized motivational talk to perk the kids up and arranging all the supplementary and enrichment classes. Not a bad thing for the boys who are not able to manage their time themselves.

Why must the school engage external vendor? Can't the school teachers do
it? :?

I guess is lack of resources. The subject teachers have proper timetable during lessons time for different classes but when it comes to extra lessons, one teacher can't possibly take all the classes at one go after school. My DS math teacher teaches 3 P6 classes.[/quote]My dc's extra lessons are all done by the same subject teachers.

[alng]

My dd’s school has a rather different way to do PSLE Maths and Science revision during the supp classes this term. Each teacher will cover certain topics in Maths and Science and they will go into all the 5 P6 classes to teach those topics. In other words, within the subject, the teachers further specialise by topics. The good thing is this reduces preparation time for each teacher (prepare to revise a few topics rather than the whole syllabus). And by teaching the topics repeatedly for a few times, the teachers can further master those topics. As parent, I see a third advantage - all the P6 classes benefit from all the teachers…no one class dominates the so-called good teachers.

[HAPPYH]

alng:

My dd's school has a rather different way to do PSLE Maths and Science revision during the supp classes this term. Each teacher will cover certain topics in Maths and Science and they will go into all the 5 P6 classes to teach those topics. In other words, within the subject, the teachers further specialise by topics. The good thing is this reduces preparation time for each teacher (prepare to revise a few topics rather than the whole syllabus). And by teaching the topics repeatedly for a few times, the teachers can further master those topics. As parent, I see a third advantage - all the P6 classes benefit from all the teachers...no one class dominates the so-called good teachers.

Hmmm...Quite interesting. Less burden on the teachers too.

[mummy so kiasu]

alng:

My dd's school has a rather different way to do PSLE Maths and Science revision during the supp classes this term. Each teacher will cover certain topics in Maths and Science and they will go into all the 5 P6 classes to teach those topics. In other words, within the subject, the teachers further specialise by topics. The good thing is this reduces preparation time for each teacher (prepare to revise a few topics rather than the whole syllabus). And by teaching the topics repeatedly for a few times, the teachers can further master those topics. As parent, I see a third advantage - all the P6 classes benefit from all the teachers...no one class dominates the so-called good teachers.

Sound interesting & very productive. But how many schools actually do that? If a class is taught by so many teachers, which teacher will be responsible for the class performance? :? The teacher's annual performance evaluation should be base on her class overall performance, which is the passing rate & improvement rate.